Writ Crossword Clue

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	noun • a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court verb • serve or summon with a subpoena
	24%	14		A legal order from a court demanding the performance of a specific action
	noun • an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion; used only when all other judicial remedies fail
	23%	10		A legal writ or order commanding someone to refrain from doing a specified act
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	Clue	Source
1	A writ directed to the sheriff to make known to the party against whom the writ is issued the amount of the judgment
2	Former U.K. judicial writ New York Times - 25 Mar 1990	New York Times / 25 Mar 1990
3	Holy Writ The Guardian Quick - 02 Dec 2000	The Guardian Quick / 02 Dec 2000
4	Lawyer seen in pub with a writ's later made to look silly The Guardian Quiptic - 22 May 2006	The Guardian Quiptic / 22 May 2006
5	Sheet of the holy writ
6	Writ requiring person to appear in court The Guardian Quick - 13 Jul 2002	The Guardian Quick / 13 Jul 2002
7	___ facias (legal writ) New York Times - 19 Mar 1977	New York Times / 19 Mar 1977

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Writ commanding appearance in court
One way to get a witness
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Order to attend court
Form of 4-Down
Alternative Gothic writer returns an invitation one can't refuse
It may be served when bean soup is off

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Writ requiring an appearance in court to give evidence
Author not available to support small firm over summons
Prepared bean soup served by a court officer
Writ; summons
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Base upon (anag) – court order
PM mostly defends British literary figure getting writ

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